Use of titanium powder（2）

       

Consumer Goods and Building Materials

  Titanium metal is used in automobiles, especially racing cars (automobiles or motorcycles). In this field, weight is reduced, but at the same time strength and rigidity are extremely important. Generally speaking, titanium is too expensive for the general consumer market and it is difficult to find a market. Therefore, its main market is high-end products, especially the competition/high-performance market. The latest Corvette sports car can be equipped with a titanium exhaust system as an option.

  Titanium siding on the exterior wall of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain

  Titanium is used in a variety of sporting goods: tennis rackets, golf clubs, bag stick handles; cricket, hockey, bag stick and American football helmets on the guard frame; and bicycle skeletons and components. Although titanium is not a mainstream material for bicycle production, there are still athletes and bicycle adventure enthusiasts using titanium bicycles. Titanium alloys are also used to make spectacle frames. Although this type of spectacle frame can be a bit expensive, it is lightweight, durable, and does not cause skin sensitivity. Many backpackers in the wild have titanium equipment, including cooking utensils, tableware, lanterns and tent stakes. Although slightly more expensive than the traditional steel or aluminum counterparts, these titanium products are much lighter but not less strong. Farriers also prefer to use titanium, because titanium horseshoes are lighter and more durable than steel.

  The titanium fork and spoon suitable for backpackers in the wild weighs about 16 grams, which is lighter than steel tableware, but stronger than glue.

Due to its durability, brand-name jewelry made of titanium (especially titanium rings) began to become popular.

The inertia of titanium is the reason to choose it, especially for people who have sensitive skin or wear jewelry in certain environments (such as swimming pools).

Titanium's durability, light weight, dent resistance and corrosion resistance make it an ideal material for the production of watch casings.

Some artists use titanium to make artworks, such as sculptures, decorations, and furniture.

Titanium is occasionally used in related architectural applications: The Gagarin Column, 40 meters high in Moscow, was built to commemorate the first astronaut Yuri Gagarin. It was built of titanium and the reason for the choice of titanium

It is because of the colors it attracts and its connection with rocket technology.

The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain and the Millennium Library in Cerritos in the United States are the first buildings in Europe and North America to use titanium siding.

 Other buildings using titanium siding include the Hamilton Building at the Denver Art Museum in Colorado, USA, and the 107-meter-high Space Conquest Monument in Moscow.

Compared with the metals traditionally used for guns (steel, stainless steel and aluminum), titanium is superior in strength and quality. With the development of metal manufacturing, it has become common to use titanium to make guns.

Main uses include pistol holders and revolver wheels.

For the same reason, the main body of the notebook computer will also use titanium (such as Apple's PowerBook series).

Some high-priced tools are lightweight and corrosion-resistant. For example, shovel and flashlight are also made of titanium alloy.

medicine

  Small titanium plates and screws are used to fix the broken bones of the eye frame fracture.

  Due to its biocompatibility (non-toxic and non-rejection by the human body), titanium is widely used in medicine, including surgical appliances and implants, such as replacement of hip bone frames and ball joints, which can last for up to 20 years. Titanium for this purpose is generally alloyed with 4% aluminum or 6% aluminum plus 4% vanadium.

  Titanium has an inherent bone fusion property that allows dental implants made of titanium to stay in place for 30 years. This feature is also quite useful for orthopedic implants. The advantage of using titanium is that titanium has a lower elastic modulus (Young's modulus), which is closer to bone, and the implant is made for the purpose of repairing bone. Therefore, the bone load will be more evenly distributed between the bone and the implant, which will reduce the chance of bone loss, because if the load is uneven, there will be stress shielding (the bone stress is reduced by the implant. Mass loss), and periprosthetic fractures between the surgical implant and the bone. However, the rigidity of titanium alloy is still twice that of bone, so the force on the bone around the implant will still be greatly reduced and may be degraded as a result.

Because titanium is not ferromagnetic, patients with titanium implants can safely undergo MRI examinations (this is convenient for those with long-term implants).

The titanium to be implanted in the human body is heated by a plasma arc to remove surface atoms, and the newly exposed surface is then oxidized.

Titanium is made into surgical instruments for image-guided surgery, as well as wheelchairs, crutches and other products that require high strength and low weight.